Taxonomic Information
Lymantria Hübner, [1819] species known from the Indian subcontinent based on Schintlmeister, 2004 and Pogue, 2007
South and West India and Sri Lanka.
Lymantria detersa Walker, 1865. India:S. & W. India.
Lymantria costalis Walker, 1865. Sri Lanka; “India”.
Lymantria fuliginosa Moore, 1883. W. & S. India; Sri Lanka.
Lymantria todara Moore, 1879. S. India; Sri Lanka. Sister species of L. similis.
Lymantria grandis Walker, 1855. India: S India; Sri Lanka
Lymantria ampla (Walker, 1855). India: S. India; Bangladesh; Sri Lanka.
Lymantria aryama Moore, 1859. India: S. India; Nepal.
Lymantria subrosea subrosea Swinhoe, 1903. India: Tamil Nadu, Kerala.
Lymantria nussi Schintlmeister, 2004. S. India.
Lymantria kanara Collenette, 1951. S. India.
Lymantria vinacea Moore, 1879. S. India.
NW Himalaya & Nepal
Lymantria incerta Walker, 1855. NW India.
Lymantria obfuscata Walker, 1865. NW India.
Lymantria moesta Swinhoe, 1903 NW India; Nepal.
Lymantra serva Fabricius, 1793. NW. India; Nepal.
Lymantria sobrina sobrina Moore, 1879. NW India.
Lymantria maxfischeri Schintlmeister, 2004. Nepal.
Lymantria liedgensi Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Uttarakhand.
Lymantria schnitzleri Schintlmeister, 2004. Nepal.
Lymantria semicincta (Walker, 1855). India: NW. Himalaya.
E. Himalaya
Lymantria obsoleta obsoleta Walker, 1855. NE India.
Lymantria plumbalis Hampson, 1895. TL: Myanmar; India: Nagaland.
Lymantria similis Moore, 1879. Bhutan; NE India.
Lymantria bivittata bivittata Moore, 1879. India: C. & E. Himalaya, NE India, Andamans.
Lymantria brotea lepcha Moore, 1879. India: E. Himalaya.
Lymantria lepcha Moore, 1879 treated as a separate species on the website.
Lymantria iris Strand, 1911, formerly ssp of obsoleta. NE India (Meghalaya)
Lymantria grisea grisea Moore, 1879. India: NE India.
Lymantria subrosea singapura Schintlmeister, 2004.India: NE India.
Himalaya
Lymantria marginata Walker, 1855. India: Himalaya, NE India; Bangladesh.
Lymantria concolor concolor Walker, 1855. India: N. India; Bangladesh.
Lymantria mathura Moore, 1866. India: Himalaya, NE India.
Lymantria albolunulata Moore, 1879. India: Himalaya.
Andamans only
Lymantria grigorievi Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Andamans.
Lymantria brotea rudloffi Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Andamans.
Lymantria swetlanae Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Andamans.
Lymantria siniaevi Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Andamans.
Lymantria sublunata thomasi Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Sikkim, Andamans.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Lymantria marginata - Dark Mango Tussock Moth
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Western Himalayas east to Myanmar (. Type form Sylhet, Bangladesh.
Notes: Like many other members in this genus the males and females are dimorphic and differ considerably from each other in appearance. Lymantria hauensteini Schintlmeister, 2004 is the eastern representative of marginata, it is possible that it may occur in Arunachal Pradesh as it has been recorded close to the borders in N. Myanmar. Male marginata foreheads are brown and hauensteini white. The forewing of male hauensteini more contrasting and the ground colour more blackish. Female hauensteini has more white markings.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Assam | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Meghalaya | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
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| Nagaland | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| West Bengal | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Lymantria marginata Walker, 1855: Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- Lymantria marginata Walker, 1855. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 4: 877; TL: Silhet. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso46brit/page/877/mode/1up?view=theater
- Lymantria pusilla Felder, 1874. Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (4): pl. 99, f. 3; TL: Bengal. Plate at https://archive.org/details/umdieerdeindenja03akad/page/n248/mode/1up?view=theater
- Lymantria nigra Moore, 1888. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1888: 399; TL: Kangra Valley. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen88zool/page/399/mode/1up?view=theater
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl.55/17-18.
- Schintlmeister, A. 2004. The Taxonomy of the genus Lymantria HÜBNER [1819] (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). 1- 248. Quadrifina 7. Pdf pg.118 plate (pg.121) fg.481-486,518.
- Pogue, M. G & P. W. Schaefer. 2007. A review of selected species of Lymantria Hübner (1819) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Lymantriinae) from subtropical and temperate regions of Asia, including the descriptions of three new species, some potentially invasive to North America. Available as Pdf, pg 104 for text; pg 151 for pl 4 fig 9.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Lymantria marginata Walker, 1855 – Dark Mango Tussock Moth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://mothsofindia.org/lymantria-marginata, accessed 2025/04/23.